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# Training

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**This page is for active Evolve partners.** [Sign in to the partner portal](https://gitbook.com) to access training. Not yet a partner? [Apply to the program](README.md).
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Self-paced courses, live training, and certification programs to keep your team's Evolve skills sharp.

## Certification programs

Three certifications, free for active partners:

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h3><i class="fa-certificate" style="color:$primary;">:certificate:</i></h3></td><td><strong>Certified Evolve Implementer</strong></td><td>For implementation partners. 4-hour course + final exam. Earn the badge for marketing materials.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h3><i class="fa-cubes" style="color:$primary;">:cubes:</i></h3></td><td><strong>Certified Evolve Developer</strong></td><td>Technical certification for solution and technology partners. 8-hour course + practical exam.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><h3><i class="fa-shield-halved" style="color:$primary;">:shield-halved:</i></h3></td><td><strong>Certified Evolve Compliance</strong></td><td>Specialized track for partners working with regulated verticals. 6-hour course + case studies.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Certifications are valid for 12 months and renew with a 1-hour update course covering the year's changes.

<p><a href="https://gitbook.com" class="button primary">Open the learning portal</a></p>

## Self-paced courses

Free, available to all partner-portal users:

| Course | Length | For |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Evolve 101 | 1 hour | New partner team members |
| Selling Evolve | 2 hours | Sales reps and account executives |
| Connect for marketplaces | 3 hours | Solution partners building marketplaces |
| Identity for regulated verticals | 2 hours | Compliance officers and technical leads |
| Migrating from Stripe | 2 hours | Partners helping customers cut over |

## Live training and webinars

Monthly cadence:

* **First Tuesday** — Product update webinar (45 minutes). What shipped, what's coming.
* **Second Tuesday** — Office hours with the partner success team. Ask anything.
* **Third Tuesday** — Technical deep-dive (rotating topics). Engineering-focused.
* **Fourth Tuesday** — Sales enablement session. Pitches, objection handling, deal mechanics.

All sessions are recorded; recordings live in the recordings library below.

## Recordings

Past sessions:

* **Spring partner summit (March 2026)** — keynote, technical sessions, Q&A.
* **Connect for international platforms** (Feb 2026) — handling multi-country regulatory complexity.
* **Adverse media screening** (Feb 2026) — when to enable, how to tune, false-positive handling.
* **v3-beta walkthrough** (Jan 2026) — what's changing in the next major Payments API.
* **2025 retrospective** (Jan 2026) — what we shipped, what's next.

The full library has 200+ hours of recordings going back 3 years.

<p><a href="https://gitbook.com" class="button secondary">Browse the library</a></p>

## Sales enablement kit

For your sales team:

* Pitch deck templates (5 decks for different audiences).
* Objection-handling guides.
* Pricing calculators (rev share, customer-cost models).
* Comparison battle cards (Stripe, Adyen, in-house).
* Discovery question bank.

Distributed to certified partners; refresh quarterly. See the **Sales enablement** tab in the partner portal.

## Related

* [Marketing resources](marketing-resources.md) — brand kit and case studies.
* [Deal registration](deal-registration.md) — protect commission on deals you close.
* [Partner support](support.md) — your PSM contact and escalation paths.

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